Chapter 28 - Donut

"Look, you weren't supposed to even go into the dark district, it's something you were going to be taught about once you grew up. You saw it before you were ready which is why you're having this type of reaction," said Jun as he tried to make Julius calm down.

"I don't need a fake explanation from the people who're benefiting from this. You're just going to change the real story so that you look like you're the good guys. To hell with that! I'll only take a change not some washed up story so you seem like the victims," said Julius.

"Is that so?! Julius, if you dare to challenge how I rule my own kingdom then maybe you would like to see what you're up against!" said Mary as she walked with crutches. Julius hadn't realized it but Mary had just called him with his name instead of adding "prince" before that to indicate that she no longer saw him as the prince of a great kingdom but an enemy to her.

"Are you in any form to be battling?" Julius asked Mary with a disgusted look.

"Believe me, I'm in perfect condition to take on a brat like you who's grown too confident in his abilities," said Mary as she stared dead into Julius' eyes which he replied with a gaze of his own.

"So when do you want this duel to be?" Julius asked.

"How about right now? I'm already confident in my abilities... unless you want to apologize and we can forget about this," said Mary as she tried to taunt Julius. While it was reckless of him, specially seeing as she was a queen of a kingdom, Julius still wanted to do something to try to cause a change. If by some miracle he could win, he could change the lives of so many people.

"That's fine by me, as long as you agree to help all those people in the dark district if I win," said Julius which Mary replied to by nodding in agreement.

"Okay then, let's go somewhere empty so that I won't cause too much damage to the surrounding area when I crush your skull," Mary continued to taunt Julius but he was just busy thinking about a way to quickly end the battle since Mary was already injured.

"Master Jun, would you mind taking us to an open field with your jade dragon so we can battle. It'll only take a few minutes of not seconds for the battle to be over," said Mary as she tried to seem confident but the reality was that she was afraid herself. The only reason she even agreed to the battle was to teach Julius a lesson so they he could never challenge her way of doing things. At least she knew of a way to defeat Julius, that being to quickly rush in and land a single attack so that he would go unconscious. If she decided to go for a drawn out fight, the unconscious state might activate and she'd surely lose.

"I don't mind but be careful not to open your wounds which were stitched together. That could be a serious problem," Jun replied as they started to walk out of the room and back to the castle balcony so that they could ride the jade dragon. While Jun's words had mildly discouraged Julius since even his teacher was sure he would lose, Julius didn't give up as he himself was sure that Mary wouldn't be able to last long with all her injuries.

After walking for some time, Julius, Mary and Jun had made it to the balcony where the jade dragon was waiting for them. After they all got on it, Jun instructed his pet to take them to an open field in which he did as he was told.

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Once arriving in the open grass field in which nothing except some small cattle such as cows and goats were, there was nothing in that area. Jun decided to stay on his dragon and watch from a distance to get the best view of the battle which he was sure would only last a few moments while Julius and Mary both got off and stood 10 metres away from each other.

"This is perfect. Well, shall be get started?" Mary asked at which Julius replied to her with a nod indicating his agreement.

Seeing that Julius had agreed, Mary quickly leaped off the ground and headed directly towards Julius who knew that just as she got off the ground, Mary had won. With a single leap, Mary was able to cover 10 metres worth of distance in 1 second. As her fist reached out towards Julius' chest to knock him out, a thought came to her mind.

"Kill him. If he's out of the equation, there will be no chance of him joining his father and challenging us. Just kill him, it's for the best," she told herself and in that moment, she believed it. Mary hardened her fist and prepared to punch a whole in Julius' chest. However, right before she could land a single hit on Julius, a dark feeling overcame her.

DEATH!

It was as if the grim-reaper had come himself and began to swallow her in one gulp. She felt herself become absorbed on fear as she felt herself getting suffocated. Even her eyesight became effected as all she could see was darkness.

However, a moment later she was able to see once again as she saw Julius who's eyes were glowing and she knew what that meant. To her belief there was only one thing which the glowing Julius could do. That being that he could create a blade out of nothing which could destroy everything in its path. If she managed to avoid it, Julius would pass out and she's be able to go home a winner. Unfortunately for her, she would be mistaken.

"GET OUT OF THERE!" Jun yelled to her as he remembered the feeling which emanated out of Julius.

<<Secret Art: Julius' Judgment>>

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